10 Years Later

"Daddy! Daddy! Wake up! Wake UP!!"

Nathan Scott rolled over in bed and faced his daughter. "Sh...Daddy's sleeping." Nathan closed his eyes again.

"But DADDY!! Bobby took my Barbie! And mommy says that breakfast is ready!"

Nathan opened his eyes and sighed. He sat up slowly and grabbed his 6 year old daughter and put her on his shoulders. She giggled as they headed downstairs into the kitchen. Nathan pulled Dakota off his shoulders and sat her in a chair at the table. He walked over to his son who was in his chair and grabbed the Barbie out of his hands. He handed it back to Dakota and then walked behind his wife, Haley. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her neck. "You know, that was not the wake up call I had expected this morning..."

Haley smiled as she finished cooking her eggs. "Well, I knew she wouldn't give up until her father came down to eat with his family."

Nathan gave her a squeeze and another kiss on her neck, "You know me and my weaknesses too well..."

Haley laughed and turned to serve breakfast while her husband took a seat at the table. She gave everyone some eggs, bacon and a waffle and then sat down in her own chair and began to eat. "So, any plans for today?"

Nathan shrugged, "No, not really. I mean, it's Sunday, so no work or school."

She nodded, "Well, I was thinking we could have a picnic at the river court today."

"Ok," he nodded and smiled, "that sounds good."

"Well, maybe not just us. I was thinking we would call the gang; Lucas and all them."

Nathan put another forkful of eggs into his mouth and nodded, "sounds good."

"And maybe Karen?"

He ate another bite and smiled, "Why not the whole neighborhood?"

She smiled and swallowed a bite of waffle, "Well, I haven't seen her in a while and Bobby likes playing with Keith."

Nate nodded again, "You're right. We should call them all. However," he took 2 more big bites of food and a big gulp of orange juice, "I am going to go shower."

Haley put her fork down and looked at him, "Oh no you don't. You are not getting out of cleaning that easy."

"Uh, I am shocked you would accuse me of such a thing! I just thought it would be nice if I had decent hygiene today."

"Fine, go shower. But the dishes will be waiting for you when you get done."

"Fine, I'm looking forward to it!" He smiled and got up and kissed Haley on the lips. "Good morning."

She smiled, "Good morning my husband."

He smiled and gave her another quick peck on the lips and kissed Dakota on the head as he walked by. He headed upstairs into the bathroom and got ready for the day.

Lucas was standing in the nursery and holding his baby girl. He rocked her gently so she would stop crying. "It's ok baby. I'm here." He rocked her in his arms gently and soothingly. She had been sick the past week and was just getting over it. Lucas didn't want to leave her. He rested her against his chest and kissed her on her bald head. "Don't worry. Nothing's going to happen to you. You're ok." He began to hum to her hoping she would feel his chest vibrate a little and put her to sleep. He heard the phone ring, but Anna was just about to fall asleep, so he ignored it.

About 15 minutes later, Anna had finally fallen asleep. Lucas gently set her in her crib and kissed her on her head and covered her with a blanket. He turned to see his wife standing in the doorway. She was smiling at him. He smiled and walked over to her and kissed her.
"How's our girl?"

"Perfect." He smiled and wrapped her in a hug and kissed her on the head.

She pulled away and nodded. "Good." She took her husband's hand and led him out of the nursery and closed the door.

"How are the other girls?"

Peyton nodded and smiled, "They're fine."
"They aren't sick? Not coming down with a fever?"

Still smiling she answered, "No daddy. Your babies are just fine."

Lucas let out a small sigh of relief, "good." He wrapped his arm around Peyton and the two walked downstairs and sat in the kitchen while their other two daughters sat in the living room and watched morning cartoons. "Who was on the phone?"

"Haley. She invited us all to the river court for a family picnic."

"Oh, that was nice. Did you say yes?"

Peyton nodded, "I know better than to turn down a chance for you to visit the river court."

He smiled and kissed her hand, "you're too good for me."

She shook her head no, "that's not true. We're perfect for each other."

He smiled and leaned over and the two kissed. While the two embraced their back door opened. "Oh God, will you two get a room?" The couple pulled away and smiled.

"Hi Brooke," Peyton smiled and looked at her best friend.

Brooke smiled, "Hi best friends. I'm assuming you already heard from Haley. So I thought I would come on over and get you ready for the big picnic."

Lucas looked around, "Um, Brooke? Where is everyone?"

Brooke looked around, "Oh...one sec," She turned around to outside the house, "Guys! Come on! Your Aunty Peyton is excited to see you!" Just then 4 kids ran into the house; two 8 year old boys, a 6 year old girl and a 3 year old girl. Brooke's husband, Dave, followed in after his kids a little out of breath. Brooke gave him a kiss. "Hi husband."

He smiled as he tried to catch his breath, "Hi wife. Hey Luke. Hey Peyton." Lucas and Peyton waived.

Brooke frowned, "Why are you so out of breath?"

"Well," Dave swallowed, "the kids ran out of the car and instantly started jumping on the trampoline and I couldn't get them to stop. So I jumped on with them, and...Phew...do you have any water?"

Peyton smiled, "Yea...here," she got up and grabbed a water bottle out of the refrigerator and handed it to Dave.

"Thanks," He opened it and took big sips.

"So, our kids out-jumped you on a trampoline?" Brooke tried not to laugh.

"Hey! They have a lot of energy, ok?"

Brooke smiled, "Ok...sorry..." She kissed him on the cheek and they both took a seat at the kitchen table. "So, how is my niece?"

"Um, which one?" Luke inquired.

"Anna."

"Oh," he sighed. "She is doing better. She just fell asleep actually."

"Is she coming today?" Dave asked.

Peyton nodded, "Yea. Some fresh air would be good for her. And she's not contagious."

Brooke smiled, "Good. It's been a while since everyone has been together."

Peyton heard a crash in the living room. She got up from her seat and walked in and looked at her two daughters, Ellie who is 6 and Parker who is 3. Ellie and Parker just looked at their mother. Peyton smiled and then looked at her twin nephews, Ricky and Scott. They were jumping from couch to couch, trying not to touch the ground. Then she looked at her nieces, Becca who is also 6 and Shanelle who is 3 trying to stop their brothers. Peyton smiled, "guys...calm down a little."

"Sorry Aunt Peyton," Chimed the boys. Peyton smiled at Scott. Brooke had named her son Scott because she figured that all of her friends' families had the last name of Scott and she didn't want to be left out. Peyton walked back to the kitchen and also laughed at Brooke's youngest daughter's name. Shanelle was named after one of Brooke's favorite designers; Channel. But to avoid the confusion, they called her Nellie for short. Peyton sat next to her husband and smiled.

"Everything ok in there?" He asked.

She nodded, "everything is perfect."

Nathan stood in the kitchen, scrubbing the dishes clean. He sighed as he listened to the radio during his task. There wasn't any good music on and he hated cleaning the dishes.

"You're listening to KBOTH95.8 and I'm Mouth McFadden. Thanks for tuning in!"

Nathan smiled as he heard his friend's voice. Mouth was the main VJ on KBOTH95.8 and was on the air everyday. After he had graduated NCU, the radio station swooped him up. He gave sports updates, traffic reports and played the music. Nathan tried to tune in everyday.

Haley walked into the kitchen and leaned over the sink. "Almost done," she smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

"This is not fair! How about I cook and you clean next time?"

"Tempting, but I think you might kill our children if you tried to cook. Sorry honey."

"Fine, laugh all you want. These are going to be the cleanest dishes you have ever seen."

"Good," she smiled and sat on the counter next to the stove. Her feet dangled and she watched her husband. "Is that Mouth?" Nate nodded. "But, I thought he was on later?" Nate shrugged and so did Haley.

"Hey, where are Bobby and Dakota?"

"Watching T.V."

Nate turned the water off and dried his hands, "Then I can do this." He wrapped his arms around Haley and kissed her passionately.

After a few minutes Haley pulled away, "Well, well..."

Nate smiled, "yea, I'm just that good. First I work the dishes, and then I work my wife."

They both laugh and she jokingly hits him on the arm. "Yea, yea, Mr. Big shot."

He laughed, "Yea, yea, Mrs. Scott."

She smiled and jumped off the counter. "Come on. We got to pack up for the picnic."

He smiled, "Ok..."